LiontipsAslan Karatsev vs Jeremy Chardy. Prediction and Betting Tips for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (July 27, 2021).
Command Analysis
After some setbacks on grass and clay, Karatsev returns to his favorite surface. On hard, the Russian tennis player reached the semifinals Australian Open this year and also won the tournament in Dubai. In total, Aslan played 20 matches on hard this season, and he won 17 of them. He lost only to Korda, Thiem, and Djokovic. At the Olympics, Karatsev played one match, in which he left no chance for Tommy Paul (6-3, 6-2).
Chardy also has excellent stats on hard. This season the Frenchman won 10 out of 16 matches on this surface. At the beginning of the year, for example, he played in the semifinals of tournaments in Antalya and Melbourne, and also played in the quarterfinals in Dubai. In the first round of the Olympic tournament, Chardy's opponent was Marcelo Barrios Vera. Jeremy outplayed him with a score of 6-1, 7-6.
Trends
СтавкаTotal under 2.5 sets
The minimum number of sets was played in two head-to-head matches.
Ставка1st set: total over 9.5
In the last two head-to-head matches, at least ten games were played in the first set.
Tip and bets
This year, Chardy has already beaten Karatsev, but this was on the grass court. On hard, the Russian will have some advantage. He is a faster player, so he can make the Frenchman sweat. Jeremy is 34, and that tmeans sometimes he won't be fast enough. Karatsev should be able to get revenge for the previous defeat.
Our prediction - Aslan Karatsev to win with a handicap of (-3) games.
The last time Chardy lost on hard without a fight was in the Melbourne final. back then he managed to win only five games from Evans. In all of his other matches on this surface, Chardy wasn't so easy to defeat, and we believe that he will put up a fight against Karatsev, too.
Second prediction - total over 21.5 games.
